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1428
The garden of Nezahualcóyotl
Nezahualcóyotl ordered to build a palace to conserve flora and fauna -
1530
Part of the city
The Chapultepec forest became part of Mexico City -
Castle Chapultepec
Workers and prisoners builded the castle for the viceroy -
Place of military practices
The forest was used as a practice place for the cadets of the military college -
Chapultepec Zoo
The Chapultepec Zoo was opened in 1924 by the biologist Alfonso L. Herrera. -
The second section
The second section of the forest was declared as a recreation space -
The Chapultepec fair
Inaugurated on 1964, as one of the first amusement parks in Mexico, under the name of Juegos Mecánicos de Chapultepec, by President Adolfo López Mateos -
The best Urban park un the world
The Chapultepec forest was awarded on August 12, 2019, by the World Urban Parks as the best urban park in the world in 2019 -
The closing of the Chapultepec fair
Now the Chapultepec fair is closed due to an accident in a mechanical game -
Chapultepec Zoo now
Now the zoo has more than 1,236 specimens of 222 different species of mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians.
